Keywords: Sailor readies torpedo for launch from PT boat off Florida c1944.jpg A U S Navy sailor removes securing lines and clamps in preparation for launching a Mark XIII torpedo from a Higgins-class motor torpedo PT boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center Miami Florida USA circa 1944 He is wearing bathing trunks life jacket and steel helmet <br>The photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on 16 November 1945 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g-k/80-G-K-06000/80-G-K-6658 html 80-G-K-6658 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1944 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Mark 13 torpedo PT boats World War II color photographs of the US Homefront |